Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6324 23 Apr 2026, 07:46

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 26:58.325 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:45.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:30.533
And I update APT using apt 7.397
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.269
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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57.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.791
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.612
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 23.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:11.370
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 21.532
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.291
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 37.968
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.464
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.609
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.153
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.196
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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48.081
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.608
And the system is very low on memory 22.204
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.023
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.163
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.338
And I free up some memory 0.815
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.763
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.544
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.815
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.528
And all tps features are active 1.378
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.979
When I disable the first tps feature 2.561
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.306
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 28.423
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.324
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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12.962
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.623
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 2.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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14.101
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.384
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.241
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 3.535
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.839
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:7.859
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.400
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 21.099
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.177
When I write some files expected to persist 1.493
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.386
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.824
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.504
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 19.298
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.702
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.261
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 22.375
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.048
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
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1:1.618
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.675
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.189
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 29.813
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:20.342
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.976
When I enable persistence 43.434
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.213
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.671
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.305
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.246
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.477
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.158
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 10.375
And the computer reboots Tails 36.769
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.239
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.173
Given I enable persistence 6.796
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.217
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.900
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:52.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.458
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 45.981
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.955
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.593
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
57.041
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.706
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.979
Then persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.790
And all notifications have disappeared 8.469
When I delete the persistent partition 2.676
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.625
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.743
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.636
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.900
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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49.985
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.569
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.097
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.341
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.358
And all notifications have disappeared 8.130
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.251
And all tps features are enabled 0.972
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.444
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 49.767
And I enable persistence 28.978
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.502
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.567
And persistence is enabled 1.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.258
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.251
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.491
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 25.473
When I enable persistence 6.468
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.654
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.483
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 22.679
When I try to enable persistence 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.467
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.445
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.139
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.856
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.503
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 19.375
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.032
And all notifications have disappeared 9.339
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.215
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.541
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.181
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.307
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.144
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.529
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.007
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.304
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.489
When I log in to a new session 11.925
And all notifications have disappeared 8.394
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.325
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000